joining me now is economic policy correspondent for "the washington post," jim tankersley. good morning. >> good morning, chris. >> let's look at what tim geithner did. took a lead on revamping the financial rules. negotiated with congressional leaders on the budget and raising the debt limit. oversaw the t.a.r.p. bailout of companies that included citigroup, general motors. a headline from "the washington post" posts, tim geithner's legacy, an unpopular bailout that helped save the economy. is he leaving a much stronger economy than he came in with? >> well, assuredly, the economy is much better today than it was when tim geithner and barack obama first took office. i think geithner's legacy is in particular going to be linked very much with the financial system. when they came in, we were in this free-fall and the financial crisis and the great recession and geithner really was the head of the administration's efforts to stabilize things. and they did. the system stabilized. we did not have another great depression. and tim geithner gets a lot of credit for that. >> let's